By: Ernesto
Aguilar
Album Type: Compilation
Date
Released:
08/11/2017
Label: Independent
When Dove became
the vehicle for the Floor approach, it could not have been more energizing.
Listening to "Dove Discography," you will hear why; Dove's melodic
vision for doom is competitive with anything you will hear today, and maybe
better in several cases. "Dove
Discography" is such a good listen because it feels contemporary, even if
it isn't. In the end, you finish with an appreciation for artists like this,
who have tried to expand the sound and stretch doom to new boundaries.
“Dove
Discography”
DD track listing
1.
Thank You For Patience
2.
Goes Without Saying
3.
On A Mission
4.
Red King
5.
Neither Today Nor Tomorrow
6.
Twenty Three Twelve
7.
Somewhere Between
8.
This You Can Trust
9.
Without Warning
10.
You And I
11.
Start Running Now
12.
Never A Straight Line
13.
Sight And Seen
14.
See You Soon, Love Always
15.
Time Get Crucial
16.
One Year After
17.
Eight Letters
18.
What is Best in Life
19.
Seven Days
20.
Octobers Winds
The Review:
Nostalgia
for big-name performers can at times be a messy business. It is debatable if
the world needs a farewell tour from a nearly 70-year-old Ozzy Osbourne, who's
spending his down time from performing old hits taping a travel show with his
son, Jack. And though Ozzy is an easy target, there are no shortage of acts in
it for years or split up who try to stage a return. The nicer among us wonder how
this impacts upon their legacies. The rest of us wonder if music really needs a
recycle bag of old records and what space it takes away from bands coming through
and without the name recognition.
In
the case of Dove,
a Florida
doom outfit that shares lineage with the legendary bands Torche and Floor, their return from the
dustbin, at least in recorded form, feels like something many of us have waited
for.
In
the early 2000s, Dove offered a classic doom style that you might have heard
through the embers of in Floor, a sound that would influence many bands
afterward. Dove's
music has been out of print for many years, however. This includes a 2001 split
and the group's self-titled 2004 debut, which is featured in full as the first
14 tracks of the new "Dove
Discography." It is, to hear the band tell it, everything Dove
recorded from 2001 to 2005, from compilation appearances to demos.
The
question is then, 'should you thus give a
crap?' The answer is, most emphatically, yes
Even
more than 10 years later, Dove's eponymous album stands up astoundingly
well. Hardcore doom fans may be familiar with Floor and the style it
pioneered. The swirling, psychedelic take on doom that relied more on sludge
than stoner, the merger of post-rock and progressive elements counts many dads
and Floor
is certainly one of the more important ones. When Dove became the vehicle for the Floor
approach, it could not have been more energizing. Listening to "Dove Discography," you will
hear why; Dove's
melodic vision for doom is competitive with anything you will hear today, and
maybe better in several cases. A song
like "See You Soon, Love
Always" is an example of a doom record that can be legitimately
gorgeous in its orchestration. "Time
Get Crucial" introduces some world music touches to its heavy base.
And even short cuts such as "Neither
Today Nor Tomorrow" and "Twenty
Three Twelve" are still effective at showing you Dove can kick ass in three
minutes or less. Unusual today, and pretty audacious 13 years ago too.
"Dove
Discography" is such a good listen because it feels contemporary, even if
it isn't. In the end, you finish with an appreciation for artists like this,
who have tried to expand the sound and stretch doom to new boundaries.
"Dove
Discography" is available here
